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Tinker's Wife

I saw her amid the dunghill debris
Looking for things
Such as an old pair of shoes or gaiters.
She was a young woman,
A tinker's wife.
Her face had streaks of care
Like wires across it,
But she was supple
As a young goat
On a windy hill.

She searched on the dunghill debris,
Tripping gingerly
Over tin canisters
And sharp-broken
Dinner plates.


Patrick Kavanagh

This paints a really clear picture in my mind.

Yes, I like this Lee. I haven't heard of him before but I'll try to read more.

Lee wrote: "Tinker's Wife

I saw her amid the dunghill debris
Looking for things
Such as an old pair of shoes or gaiters.
She was a young woman,
A tinker's wife.
Her face had streaks of care
Like wires across ..."

A lovely early Patrick Kavanagh poem. I'm a great fan of his poetry and prose.